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Bug Report: 1900 United States Census Index has been corrupted

Gordon Collett
Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
December 18, 2021 edited December 26, 2021 in Search

Over the past couple of days two different people have reported having problems with the 1900 United Census index. Looking at their posts shows that there are household in the index in which the records for members of the household have been replaced with the record for the head of the household.

See: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/111789/1900-census-link-removed-from-lkh9-spw#latest

and https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/111747/1900-census-record-will-not-attach-to-lrwd-816#latest

It is clear that something happened to the index sometime between December 18, 2021 and the last week or so.

I hope this is not too widespread and easy to repair.

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  • TomCrowley
    TomCrowley ✭
    December 20, 2021

    The 1900 United States Census is showing as this record has been removed. Will it eventually be fixed? Or do I have to reattach all 1900 censuses?

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  • suzwilley1
    suzwilley1 ✭
    December 24, 2021 edited December 24, 2021

    I have the same problem:

    When I try to link from the husband, I see this:

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    When I try to link from the wife, I get this:

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    When I click on the document icon, I get this:

    image.png


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  • AndLinda
    AndLinda mod
    December 24, 2021

    @TomCrowley,

    Thank you for posting your concern. There were/are some issues with the 1900 census that the engineers are aware of and working on. As to the question of needing to reattach, I'm not sure if we would need to do that. I am assuming not. But keep track of the ones you have attached.

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  • Brad Felmey
    Brad Felmey ✭✭✭
    December 26, 2021
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/415607#Comment_415607

    Where can the user base of FS follow the progress of this issue?

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  • AndLinda
    AndLinda mod
    December 26, 2021

    @Brad Felmey There isn't a way to follow the progress of the issue. So sorry.

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  • Brad Felmey
    Brad Felmey ✭✭✭
    December 30, 2021

    Will it do any good to continue asking here for an ETA to fix this issue? For U.S. researchers, it's not a trivial problem. Even previously-attached 1900 census entries have vanished (mainly working in the New Jersey / Philadelphia area).

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 30, 2021

    @Brad Felmey on 26 December, a mod indicated that the developers would be working on the problem when they return from Christmas break. https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/111793/a-gremlin-in-the-1900-us-census-kearny-new-jersey#latest

    It's not an easy matter for programmers to supply an ETA for a computer issue.

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  • Brad Felmey
    Brad Felmey ✭✭✭
    December 30, 2021

    @Áine Ni Donnghaile , thanks for the pointer. I'll hope for the best.

    By the way, I am in the industry, and we provide ETAs for resolution all the time. It's just a matter that they don't want to commit to one. [shrug]

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  • Krystine Harris
    Krystine Harris ✭
    January 10, 2022

    The problem continues with the 1900 Census in Pennsylvania. I am not sure if this is happening in other locations.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 10, 2022

    @Krystine Harris see the latest update (yesterday) on this thread: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/418886#Comment_418886

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